Atalanta (Bottiaea)

Atalanta (Greek: Αταλάντη) or Allante or Allantium was an ancient city of Bottiaea, between Gortynia and Europos, near Axius river, which may have been built by the Bottiaeans before their expulsion by Macedonians to Bottike. Axioupoli of today's Kilkis Prefecture claims to be the ancient location. N. G. L. Hammond places it between Athyra, Pella Prefecture and Koufalia, Thessaloniki Prefecture

Thucydides (2.100.3) mentions Atalante, south of Gortynia. Stephanus of Byzantium, Allante, a city of Arcadia and Macedonia. Allantenses are reported among the list of peoples by Plinius (HN 4.53). In the lists of Delphian theorodokoi (230-220 BC), after Ichnae and before Thessalonica, the inscription reads: , In Allanteion, Andronikos and Dikaios sons of Chionides. In a Roman-era inscription found, east of Pella, the city of Allanteans , honours diefied Roman Emperos. Atalantaioi are also mentioned near to Edessaioi and Europaioi in a dedicatory inscription from Argos.

References

• Hazlitt

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